Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker to visit India next week

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker to visit India April 14–17, hold talks with PM Modi to boost bilateral ties and cooperation across sectors.

Published on: Apr 9, 2026, 19:42:51 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi

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Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker will make his first visit to India next week to strengthen bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas.

Stocker, who will be in the country during April 14-17, will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including economy, energy and tourism minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, senior officials and business leaders, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. This will also be his first official visit to Asia.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Stocker will hold discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation across a range of areas and exchange views on regional and global issues, including cooperation in multilateral forums, the ministry said.

Stocker will also meet President Droupadi Murmu and external affairs minister S Jaishankar.

India and Austria have “warm, friendly and multi-faceted” relations rooted in shared democratic values, and Modi’s visit to Austria in July 2024 substantially elevated the relations between the two countries. Stocker’s visit reflects the shared commitment of both sides to deepen and expand their partnership in new areas of mutual interest, the ministry said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rezaul H Laskar
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.Read More

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